COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Assignment 2 in
COMPUTER AIDED DRAFT (CAD211L / G056)

Name: DIMARANAN, Carlo G. Score: _____________

Schedule: Friday/ 1:30-4:30 Date: October 19, 2020

The Importance of Using AutoCAD Layer

The concept of layers is very important in AutoCAD and the correct use of layers can make
your drawing much easier to work with. Basically, layers are the computer equivalent of tracing
overlays on a drawing board. However, layers are much more powerful because you can have
many layers in a single drawing and you can control the visibility, colour and linetype of layers
independently. This makes working with very complicated drawings much more efficient. Layers
are effectively a way of ordering your drawing. For example, you may need to create a number of
construction lines in a drawing which will not form a part of the finished image. You could create
a layer called "Construction" and use this for your construction lines. When the drawing is
complete, you could simply turn this layer off so that it can't be seen. The beauty is that you could
always turn this layer back on at some future time if modifications to the drawing are required.

Layers are the primary method for organizing the objects in a drawing by function or
purpose. Layers can reduce the visual complexity of a drawing and improve display performance
by hiding information that you don't need to see at the moment.

Layers are to be able to control manipulate separate parts of the drawings at once with same
drawing specifics, of line types and the way it should appear on the drawing in the end. Things
that are the same in type, and you work at the same time them.
 Different layers for different things that are similar in group, and you may decide to make
a whole layer in a block and use it only it to extract it in other drawing, which otherwise without
the layers would be hard to do separately from the rest.

When are We Using Layers?

The layering system is an essential drawing management in AutoCAD, and you should use
layers in every drawing. The common usage of layers is to draw objects on a layer based on their
function. Create all dimensions on a specific layer. Create walls, doors, windows on separate
layers, and so on.

Why Are Layers Useful?

Layers can be useful in many ways.

First, because you draw objects on separate layers, it is easier for you to understand the
drawing. You can quickly know an object type by checking the layer. AutoCAD drawings are just
lines and arcs. Using layers can make the drawing easier to understand.

Second, you don’t have to set properties for each object. You only need to set the properties
for the layers. When you draw an object on a particular layer, it will have the same lineweight,
color, linetype, and the other properties. It gives you a better control to plot your drawing.

Third, you can hide/show or lock/unlock a layer. It means you can have greater control of
your drawing. You can lock several layers to prevent they are accidentally modified. You can hide
objects when the drawing becomes too complicated.

Fourth, using layers adds a better control to select and modify objects. Let’s say you want
to select all partition walls in your drawing and copy them to the next typical floor. AutoCAD
doesn’t understand which lines are partition walls. However, we can tell AutoCAD to select lines
on the Partition Wall layer.